It’s the end of November and bitterly cold in the Lake District and a frozen decomposed body is found in a peat ditch up on Bampton Common high above Haweswater reservoir. DI Kelly Porter is called to investigate, but right away she’s puzzled by the arrows found around the body – not your average murder weapon.
By digging into missing persons reports from across the country, Kelly is able to trace an ID. However, this brings more questions than answers when links to other cases across the UK come to light. The area has always been a favourite with hunters – could they have turned to human prey? Kelly skirts closer to the truth, but a betrayal wounds her deeply and she needs all the support she can get to defend her team and uncover some sinister secrets.
Author
Rachel Lynch
Rachel Lynch is a million-copy bestselling author of crime fiction, best known for her gripping DI Kelly Porter series, as well as several standalones and the Major Helen Scott military police thrillers.Raised in Cumbria, the haunting beauty of the Lake District seeps into every story she tells. After teaching History in London and living across the globe as an Army wife, Rachel eventually returned to her greatest passion: writing. Travel and the shared human experience comprise the fabric of her work. She explores the darkest corners of humanity with empathy and edge, weaving gritty realism with unforgettable characters. Alongside multiple standalone novels, she now brings her stories to life in a whole new way, through her podcast The Killer Storyteller: A Podcast with Rachel Lynch, where she unpacks every twist and turn, book by book.
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